MELAKA – Former Pengkalan Batu assemblyman Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee said his candidacy in the Melaka elections will be a collective decision by Pakatan Harapan (PH).
He said DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng’s statement yesterday that the party will not accept Norhizam back as a PH candidate in the polls, is the party’s own views.
“That is DAP’s view, we shall wait for PH’s decision,” he said when contacted today.
In the 14th general election, Norhizam contested on a DAP ticket and defeated Barisan Nasional candidate Chua Lian Chye and Ramli Dalip of PAS with a 2,756-vote majority.
The Election Commission has announced November 20 as the polling date for the Melaka polls, with nominations set for November 8 and early voting on November 16.
The state assembly was dissolved on October 4 after four assemblymen withdrew their support for the leadership of Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali.
The four former assemblymen are Datuk Seri Idris Haron (Sg Udang-BN), Datuk Nor Azman Hassan (Pantai Kundor-BN), Norhizam and Datuk Noor Effandi Ahmad (Telok Mas-Bersatu). – Bernama, October 20, 2021
